The World Today

"It wasn't that they said how strong the bomb was, or the blast radius, or even the fact that people today were still suffering from the after-effect of fallout - nor even the fact that they said hospitals and schools were destroyed. These are words that you see bandied about in the press all the time, and as such we've become somewhat desensitised (which is a discussion for another time)."

I said that the other week, and - well, now is the time for that discussion. Except for the fact that I'm not the man to pilot it - so you all have a homework assignment for tonight. Go out and buy Michael Crichton's State Of Fear, and read it cover to cover - or alternatively, get it from the library or find a nice friend to purchase it for you, although it's not all that expensive. We'll reconvence soon to talk about phrases such as 'serious crisis'.